OUR COUNTRY

“A striking dream world…one of the most ambitious pieces we have ever presented.”–Anna Woo, Performance Programs Coordinator, The Getty Villa

“Our Country is a powerful, intelligent show in which the mythic and modern Americas meet head-on in an examination of a complex sibling relationship.” –Lynn Gardner, The Stage

California’s marijuana territory: the still-Wild West. Annie conducts a forensic exploration of “the facts” about her outlaw weed-farmer brother. This genre-bending work then slips into disputed territory: childhood memory. Sleight of hand, athletic virtuosity and a scenic coup de théâtre transform the stage into a dreamscape. The borders between self and other vanish and reappear and small disputes quickly grow violent, recalling younger days: as siblings, as a nation, as a democracy. How far have we really come?